# Patrick Fitzsimons (bishop)

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Irish Roman Catholic bishop

Patrick Fitzsimons Archbishop of Dublin Church Catholic Church Archdiocese Archdiocese of Dublin In office 20 September 1763 – 2 October 1769 Predecessor Richard Lincoln Successor John Carpenter Orders Ordination 26 December 1718 Personal details Born 1695 (1695) Died 2 October 1769(1769-10-02) (aged 73–74)

**Patrick Fitzsimons** (1695–1769) was an [Irish Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church_in_Ireland) prelate who served as [Archbishop of Dublin](/source/Archbishop_of_Dublin_(Catholic_Church)) in the second half of the 18th century.[1]

Fitzsimons was educated at the Jesuit-run [English College of St Gregory](/source/English_College_of_St_Gregory) in Seville, and was [ordained](/source/Ordained) [priest](/source/Priest) in 1718. He was appointed [Archbishop of Dublin](/source/Archbishop_of_Dublin_(Roman_Catholic)) in 1763.[2] He died in post on 2 October 1769.

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Catholic Hierarchy](https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfitzp.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Brady, W. Maziere](/source/William_Maziere_Brady) (1876a). [*The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875*](https://archive.org/details/a548648301braduoft/page/n369/mode/2up). Vol. 1. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace.

Catholic Church titles Preceded by Richard Lincoln Archbishop of Dublin 1763–1769 Succeeded by John Carpenter

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